Cavities can also be Inherited?

Tooth decay is a common disease in life. Experts point out that understanding what causes tooth decay is of great help to the treatment and prevention of tooth decay. What is the cause of tooth decay? Let's give you a brief introduction.

1. Genetic factors. If both parents suffer from recurrent cavities, 80-90% of their children are ill. If one of their parents suffers from this disease, 50-60% of their children are ill.

2. Endocrine changes. Some female patients often occur in menstrual period, which may be related to the decrease of estrogen. Some women will have tooth decay every menstrual period or before and after menstruation, and the medication can only temporarily relieve it. Next month, when menstruation occurs as usual, the pain is intolerable. At the same time, there are often annoying symptoms such as dry mouth, upset, irritable and dry stool. Clinical studies have found that the occurrence of cavities during menstruation is mainly due to the increase of progesterone level and the decrease of estrogen (progesterone, etc.).

3. Some external factors, such as the shape, structure, position, oral hygiene, amount and nature of saliva, nutrition, endocrine, genetic factors, systemic diseases, immune status, are also the causes of tooth decay.

4. The resistance of the body has a great influence on the occurrence of tooth decay. The resistance of the body includes the anti caries ability of teeth and the whole body. The internal factors of the body can affect the occurrence of cavities. In particular, the lack of protein, minerals and vitamins is conducive to the occurrence of tooth decay.

There are many factors that lead to tooth decay. We should take preventive measures to avoid this situation. So how to prevent tooth decay?

1. Children under 15 years old should pay attention to reasonable nutrition. Especially eat more food containing phosphorus, calcium and vitamins. For example, soybeans and bean products, meat bone soup, dried shrimps, kelp, egg yolk, milk, cod liver oil and fresh vegetables and fruits with a lot of vitamins and minerals, which are very good for tooth development and calcification.

2. Select some coarse and fibrous foods in the diet properly, so that the tooth surface can get better friction and promote the tooth surface cleaning, thus forming a good condition of anti caries.

3. It is more important to brush teeth in the morning and evening and rinse after meals, especially before going to bed. It can reduce the accumulation and fermentation of food residues.

4. Apply fluoride. Fluoride can prevent caries, which has been proved scientifically. No matter the fluoride is coated on the surface of teeth, or the fluoride content in drinking water is controlled, it has significant caries prevention effect. In diet, if you can choose some fluorine-containing food, such as tea, lettuce, cabbage, green onion, etc., it can also play a certain role. Chinese people generally have the habit of drinking tea. The fluorine in tea has a long-term contact with the tooth surface, and makes the human body obtain a certain amount of fluorine, which can play the same anti caries effect as the local application of fluorine and the addition of fluorine in drinking water. In the process of using fluoride to prevent caries, we should prevent excessive fluoride, especially in childhood, because excessive fluoride will hinder the development of teeth and sometimes cause systemic fluorosis.

Keep your teeth clean at all times. After eating, the denture should be taken off and cleaned with water, and then put on after gargling, so as to avoid food residue depositing on the tissue surface of the denture and stimulating the mucous membrane. Before going to bed, the denture should be removed, cleaned with soap, toothpaste, baking soda, tooth powder, etc., soaked in cold water or warm water (boiling water or alcohol is not allowed), to avoid dry deformation.

It is easy to gather plaque and form calculus at the joint of porcelain teeth and abutment teeth. Attention should be paid to cleaning. Dental floss can be used between the teeth, and regular inspection and cleaning should be carried out in the hospital.